The following facets form the construct Right-Wing Authoritarianism (Overall RWA):
  1. Aggression
  2. Submission
  3. Conventionalism
Item Item Text
Aggression1 What our country needs instead of more "civil rights" is a good stiff dose of law and order.
Aggression2 What our country really needs is a strong, determined President which will crush the evil and set us on our right way again
Aggression3 [REV] There is no such crime to justify capital punishment
Aggression4 [REV] It is important to protect the rights of radicals and deviants in all ways
Submission1 Obedience and respect for authority are the most important values children should learn.
Submission2 The real keys to the "good life" are obedience, discipline, and virtue.
Submission3 [REV] The days when women are submissive should belong strictly in the past. A "woman's place" in society should be wherever she wants to be
Submission4 [REV] It is good that nowadays young people have greater freedom "to make their own rules" and to protest against things they don't like
Conventionalism1 The withdrawal from tradition will turn out to be a fatal fault one day
Conventionalism2 Being virtuous and law-abiding is in the long run better for us than permanently challenging the #foundation of our society
Conventionalism3 [REV] People should develop their own personal standards about good and evil and pay less attention to the Bible and other old, traditional forms of religious guidance
Conventionalism4 [REV] Homosexual long-term relationships should be treated as equivalent to marriage